Mac - cabbage help, please!

[Dar]

I'm playing single mom tonight. I'd like to make something cheap and easy. The easier the better. I usually just have a rotisserie chicken or chef salad on these nights.

But Angie mentioned cabbage rolls and it has me drooling for some cabbage. SO weird. Anyways, Rob hates cabbage, so I could make some tonight.

Help! I need ideas/recipes/something! Do you buy a whole head? How do you cook it up? What spices to add? What meat to add? I don't want to just end up with crackslaw in the end. You had mentioned in a thread that you put butter in it and that sounds so yummy.

[Angie]

Well, here is what I did in case you go this route:

I boiled some water and stuck the whole head in. Just enough to loosen the leaves up. I then put the leaves back in and steamed them until they were tender.

I put 1/2 a pound of ground beef in a bowl with some garlic and chopped up onions and some parmesan cheese and mixed that up.

I then rolled the meat up in the cabbage leaves and put them in a baking dish.

Then I poured a can of diced tomatoes and a can of tomato sauce over them and added some spices and put it in the oven for about 45 mins. or so.

Delish.

[Dar]

Thanks, Angie! Maybe not tonight, but some other night when I feel like taking the time. I love cabbage rolls. I'm just so hungry when I get home!

[Lisa]

Fry with ground beef and eat.

Wasn't that Mac's recipe?

[Dar]

I think so, but I'm SO kitchen clueless sometimes. Those directions don't help me much. Hand me a head of cabbage and I'd have no clue where to start. I don't know how to cut it, cook it, or season it.

[Lisa]

My guess would be:

Cut the core out. then slice. Brown some ground beef, maybe add a little garlic. (I would drain and rinse the beef but I am weird about grease) Toss cabbage in pan with beef and fry until desired softness. Season with salt and pepper.

But that is just my guess.

[Amy]

Fry with ground beef and eat.

Wasn't that Mac's recipe?

You forgot


sprinkle with cheese